diff --git a/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py b/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
index c7ac3f0..6e14f33 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/_msvccompiler.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
     'x86' : 'x86',
     'x86_amd64' : 'x64',
     'x86_arm' : 'arm',
+    'x86_arm64' : 'arm64'
 }
 
 def _find_vcvarsall(plat_spec):
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@
     'win32' : 'x86',
     'win-amd64' : 'x86_amd64',
     'win-arm32' : 'x86_arm',
+    'win-arm64' : 'x86_arm64'
 }
 
 # A set containing the DLLs that are guaranteed to be available for
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist_wininst.py b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist_wininst.py
index 4c19bba..163f1cc 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist_wininst.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/tests/test_bdist_wininst.py
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 """Tests for distutils.command.bdist_wininst."""
+import sys
+import platform
 import unittest
 from test.support import run_unittest
 
 from distutils.command.bdist_wininst import bdist_wininst
 from distutils.tests import support
 
+@unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'win32' and platform.machine() == 'ARM64',
+    'bdist_wininst is not supported in this install')
 @unittest.skipIf(getattr(bdist_wininst, '_unsupported', False),
     'bdist_wininst is not supported in this install')
 class BuildWinInstTestCase(support.TempdirManager,
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/util.py b/Lib/distutils/util.py
index 50550e1..17a94bc 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/util.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/util.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
             return 'win-amd64'
         if '(arm)' in sys.version.lower():
             return 'win-arm32'
+        if '(arm64)' in sys.version.lower():
+            return 'win-arm64'
         return sys.platform
 
     # Set for cross builds explicitly